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Im very happy with the way these guys are doing. I may let them veg longer (as X-C suggested) to try and improve yield. Haven't topped them yet either. Ppms are up to 800 (including supplements) and the ph has become MUCH more stable....not quite normal like bloom but close. :thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by Weedhound
if its not too big a project???
what if u were to put all the others on an elevated platform and leave the sensitive one down lower>
theoretically this would solve he 'distance to light' issues for the whole gang, right???
maybe i'm just nutz???:wtf:
Rock
It's not a bad idea at all Rock but i'm afraid it won't work for the waterfarms.....the entire setup is based on gravity. Everything in the setup must be level or they won't fill or stayed filled right. Sowwy.....nice try though. :(
AHA! THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE LIKE THIS...:eek: :mad:....they are always one step ahead of you. X-C where did you put airline....next to the dripring in the tubing?Quote:
Originally Posted by xcrispi
In one of the threads I read, the guy had problems putting the airline next to the dripring airline, I think with roots getting caught up or something. He warned against others doing the same thing and recommended just putting the air line through the drain tube, and then making a new line on the drain tube, to show when it's full. Another method is to simply put it through the media although with that method I predict a hassle whenever removing the growing chamber.
I'm trying to decide whether I should build a custom DWC bubbler, which will run me about $70 for everything including nutrients and the GH pH test kit with pH up and down as well as a testing nsolution. Or, get the water farm and modify it to a DWC system.
I'm wondering, if you modify it to be a DWC bubbler as well, once the roots are in the water, can you do away with the drip ring?
WH I thought yer farm had bubbles...I think having airstones helps I added one to my res halfway through my first run...I don't think ya need a huge air flow either to do the job I use a 10-30 gallon fishtank airpump that's only 3 watts my 20-25 gallon res units and that bubble cloner...the airstones diffuse the oxygen in the water so the pump sprays a half oxygen have nute solution mixture
ok so the hydroton test is done and the youngins are in...basically with 4 gallons of tap at 150 ppm the water would rise 1 point each day from 5-6 for about 3 days and a little the next 2 days I recently ran water over the net pots showering the hydroton for a while before puttin it in the tank and that seemed to seriously reduce the ph issue while eliminating soak time
crispi's on to somethin with lettin em get bigger too I'm a believer
air ventilation improvements have helped growth :jointsmile: the recent heat forced me to vent through the new light and out the room...it goes filter to light to fan out of the room the light itself both frame and glass run cool to the touch closest I can get it now is 1/2 a foot
not sure how much more I'm gonna get this time but it definately looks much better
you startin to see color change on the girls yet WH?
PS horror business a 250 hps if run hydro for like 10 weeks flower should get ya bout 4z's if the setup is ideal but even with some problems you'd def break an ounce
I think you could do away with if you wanted..especially as the plant gets farther along it's got a bunch of stored nutes etc that it can use......and probably should before you harvest so why not? You really scowl on those drip rings, don't you HB?
Another thought....he doesn't lift his buckets up and down.....I do so there is something to think about as well.....good point HB.
ASD.....PICS!!
Yeah, the drip system seems like too much of a hassle for me in the beginning stages with spraying everywhere and what not. Also, I think since I mainly wanted a DWC bubbler, getting the water farm would not be ideal for me because of the large growing chamber intended for the drip system. In my opinion that would just add time until I can take advantage of my DWC modifications. So I think I'm just going to build my own using a 5 gallon black bucket and a lid that has a built in 6" net pot. Do you think that would suit my needs for DWC?
I love my aero setup the growth is really fast and no clogged sprayers yet, all in all though a tweaked system is gonna perform pretty similar regardless of type
horror have you looked at crispis bucket pics? rofl I think it might suit yer needs
I'll get some pics soon I'm almost done with the major upgrades
Lol.....asd...that does seem like it would suit just about ANYONE'S needs doesn't it? :D
HB...you know who just built something like that is lestie.....let me find her thread. She built everything from scratch and is growing some wonderful ganja in hers....hers is straight DWC as well.
One thing I'm not sure of.....with DWC I don't know when you would put the seedlings in the sytem since there is not constant water dripping like the w/f to keep the roots wet....you may have to wait longer until you can place them in the system.....I'm just not sure.
Here's her thread....don't know if you've checked it out or not.
http://boards.cannabis.com/hydroponi...ter-works.html
Yeah, I love that thread, she's growing some huge plants with that! The only thing is, is I'd prefer to have buckets instead of a tub. Otherwise I would build something like that. Yeah that's what I was wondering about to, when to put the seedlings in the farm? That's why I'm still somewhat considering the waterfarm for the drip aspect for when their seedlings, and then switching to straight up DWC in the water farm...
Well a quick update here....the blueberry took a pretty hard hit the other day and while the bottom of the plant looks fine the top is fairly scorched......interestingly......except the buds themselves which look quite happy so I'm going to leave everything the way it is for now. I'm somewhat afraid of hermis despite my reverse.....I'm sure the stuff has a limit somewhere but I'd rather not found out what it is since I know the blueberry is prone to it anyway.
Just have to watch and see. ;)
The second blueberry or the main one? Hopefully it won't hermie and if it does not too bad...
Good god no HB....not my main one or you'd be seeing some real tears here...my younger one....heat and mylar issues...if it does hermie I'll remove it so it doesn't pollinate anything. It's only 3 and 1/2 weeks in flower so a long way to go for it yet.
Big crispina's crusting up great. :thumbsup:
Well that's good to hear. So how long do you predict until harvest?
I'm thinking perhaps a week. ....probably nine weeks total. The trichs are just starting to turn cloudy... ;)
hey Hound, been poppin in here and readin, and, well,,,
i know u got this thing goin real well, but the mylar.
according to alot of my readin, seems a fair majority claim the flat white has high reflection without the hot spots u are gettin.
whats the big fascination with the mylar?
just wonderin, why not simple, flat white?
Rock.
ps-been doin some HID research:wtf:;)
Mostly because I'd have to get up off my lazy butt and put it up that's why LOL. :D I'm going to buy some flat white paint this week and do it....i feel so bad for my blueberry.....all wilted over. :(
On the other hand the cotton candy is really blooming great.....i believe this is the strain that X-C got 17 ozs off of 1 plant if I'm not mistaken. :jointsmile:
I can ALREADY see this one taking shape.....anyone with 12 cfls....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rock.Steady
it's gonna be good......:thumbsup: (like the room....i can just feel it)
Jeez.....what's that about? Maybe I should grow these and sell them as pest strips....:D
Well in Switzerland they sell buds sealed in pillows for aromatherapy. Obviously people rip them open and smoke them, lol, but I actually could see people going to the store to buy "fly trappers" and then simply smoking themselves, if it were legal to do so.
They'd be pretty expensive fly traps though, wouldn't they? And I have a funny feeling people might do it even if it were NOT legal, lol.
So I've gone to flat white. Got one coat on.....going to wait until I harvest the blueberry to put the second coat down. We shall see if it makes a difference with hot spots and general heat.
Nice:thumbsup:
those girls look happy:D
Jah Love:rastasmoke:
Rock.:cool:
yes they do look happy.
alot happer than mine :-)
Ebsters one of mine suffered some heat stress too.....in fact it looks ALOT like yours minus the yellow leaves. It's a learn as you go thing and imo each time you come up against something (heat, your lighting, mg def) that's a piece of information you have up your sleeve for the next grow.....and to help the next noob with. :) Every mistake you make now is one you won't do later. ;)
:-) my yellow leaves are goin away :thumbsup:
but they are just going to be turning yellow again in another 2 weeks or so lol. But thats a good thing.
I am new to the whole indoor thing, i've always done my stuff outdoors. Oh but i am learning, new to the whole adding nutes.... cause before they just grew in the ground and had plenty of everything.
For the blueberry.....she's a'comin' down. :eek:
I have just put in two new female seeds to germinate....a Master Kush and another Cotton Candy.....I'm starting to become quite the fan of that one----just a nice and pretty plant. :)
I topped the rhinos two days ago so they will be going in the setup when the seeds have popped.
Ebsters I've never been good at growing things outside...i do much better indoors. :D
awww yeah here come the rhinos...and master kush is mmm hope you didn't have plans other than the couch haha
I hope you get 12 z's from her WH good luck!
I bet you've been busy harvesting today right WH? Can't wait to see pics. So how much do you estimate you've yielded?
Can't wait to see that Master Kush start budding!
Crispina is in pieces. NICE GANJA PIECES. :thumbsup: Took about 5 hours to trim up and hang. Please don't even ask me to guess the yield....just glancing I'd say five or six oz but the buds are amazingly dense.....much more so than anything I've grown before.
I'm starting to understand and appreciate the difference in these strains and what they do, how they grow etc....This plant seemed so different from my crystal.....the size, the type of resin, on and on. Now that I've gotten through a grow without doing anything stupid to the plant and having to play defense I think I am starting to get a glimmer of what X-C meant about the love of it. I've never had that with growing before but it's really very cool. :)
The rhinos have moved to the bloom room and I will start them their own thread. I strongly considered not doing a grow log on them.....I don't know that we're all honestly that exciting but I'll start and see if you guys like it. ;)
awesome grow WH....i cant wait until i get in to growing so i can tryout BB.
thanks ja. ;)
I love growing but am terrible with soil so can only get things done in hydro. It's definitely the way to go imo (growing....not necessarily hydro) and very rewarding not only in the yield and $$$ saved but just the whole process. I'm sure you'll love it once you start . :thumbsup:
oh yeah i know i will love it. i already love growing and ive never grown(except for a 4 inch plant in a red cup that was just for shits and giggles). one of my favorite things to do on the internet is look through grow logs or grow guides. I planned on using soil for my first grows, and then get in to hydroponics. Eventualy i want to try to use a bubbler system. Where an air bubble comes up and splashes nutrients and water on the roots. Seems like a very interesting method. Oh and i've always thought SOG and ScrOG would be cool things to try out.
Well if you can grow in soil you're pretty well set even if you never do go hydro.....I kill things in soil faster than you can blink. Its really sad so I admire those (and by those I mean....everyone) who can grow things in soil. :thumbsup:
There's also the fun of using your own product as opposed to the whole buying fiasco....that alone is worth the work imo. ;)
nice buds weedhound...I bet that stuff will have a great buzz to it..
:)It does.....good body stone and grabs you on the first hit.....you definitely feel it right away. Can't comment on taste at this point because it's too uncured as of yet but i'm already very happy with it.:thumbsup:
Final tally.....161 gms.....5.7 oz....which was about what I thought. It dried more lightweight then I figured as well BUT....burns very slowly due to its dense nature so you DO definitely get more from the same sized bud. :thumbsup:
I'll go take a pic to be complete..:)
The one bud sitting out is Muty.....came up to 11gms by him (her?) self.....a real beast. :wtf:
So on to the next thread...Right now I've got the two white rhinos that I've just turned to bloom and a (sad) blueberry who is just hanging out in the corner and trying to cough up some buds (it's really suffered so....say a prayer for it :cool:) plus the cotton candy that is doing great :D. Then last but not least....the new CC and Master Kush seedlings that have just popped and should be ready for the setup by tomorrow or the next day at the latest. :jointsmile:
Nice Jars:thumbsup:
wish i had those in my spice rack:smokin:
of course, we will xpect a full report after proper curing:wtf::D
Great Job Hound!:thumbsup:
Rock.
yea tell me about it!
i would sit and stare at those jars all day in disbelief...... great job weedhound!!!
and that bud of yours rock looks amazing might i add :D :D